Herbage-exterminator.



HENRY F. BEOKHAM, OF OLIVE HILL, TENNESSEE.

HERBAGE-EXTERMINATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letterslatent No. 638,951, dated December 12, 1899.

Application filed July 26, 1899- Serial No. 725,158. (No specimens.)

T0 ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY F. BEOKHAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Olive Hill, in the county of Hardin and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Herbage-Exterminator, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to 11erbage-exterminators; and it has for its object to provide a cheap and efficient compound for the extermination of weeds and other growths by direct application thereto.

The compound consists of hydrochloric acid,

nitric acid, oil of sassafras, and sodium chlorid. In the preparation of this compound a chemical combination is made by the intermixture of one pint of hydrochloric acid, one pint of nitric acid, two drops of oil of sassafras, and four ounces of sodium chlorid.

In the application of this compound as an exterminator a sufficient quantity is applied near the roots of the plant to be affected, which quantity is preferably one ounce, although a more or less quantity may be applied, if desired.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. An exterminating compound consisting of hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, oil of sassa fras, and sodium chlorid; i

2. An exterminating compound, consisting; of the ingredients and proportions substantially as follows, hydrochloric acid one pint, nitric acid, one pint, oil of Sassafras, two drops, and sodium chlorid, four ounces.

3. An exterminating compound consisting of hydrochloric acid, nitric acid,- and sodium chlorid.

4. An exterminating compound consisting of the ingredients and proportions substantially as follows: hydrochloric acid, one pound; nitric acid, one pound, and sodium chlorid, four ounces.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY F. BEOKHAM. Witnesses:

OTIS HINKLE, TONY HARDIN. 

